Figure toy



Oct. 26 1926.

B. F. LARSON FIGURE TOY Filed March 6, 1926 Patented Oct. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BROR F. LARSON, OF SAC CITY, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEON B. WAYT, OF SAC CITY, IOWA.

FIGURE TOY.

Application filed March 6, 1926. Serial No. 92,823,

This invention relates to figure toys and has for its primary object to provide such an aricle that is adapted to be pulled over the ground by children, and that includes figures so mounted as to be rotated during said movement for proving highly enter t aining to children.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy that is mounted upon wheels,

and that includes figure elements disposed upon dis;s that are mounted in frictional engagement with the wheels in order that said figures will rotate during the move ment of the toy over the ground.

A still further object is to provide a toy of this character that is extremely simple of construction, and that is not liable to readily become out of order.

Other objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprising the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved toy.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof, and

Figure 3 is a view in rearelevation, partly in cross section.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, my novel toy constitutes the provision of a base board 5, that is mounted at its opposite end upon transverse axles 6 and 7, the foremost one of which is pivotally connected to the board and to which is pivotally connected a pull tongue 8.

The axles are preferably square shaped and are formed at their opposite ends with pins 9 upon which are loosely mounted supporting wheels 10 that are secured upon the pins through reason of washers 11, and cotter pins 12.

Mounted for rotation within vertical openings 13 in the axles at opposite sides of the base board 5 are vertically extending mounted circular discs 15 that are in frictional. contact with the peripheries of the wheels 10 as clearly disclosed in Figures 1 and 2.

Mounted upon the discs 15 are figures 16, preferably representative of animals or other ornamental figures.

It will be obvious that by pulling the toy across the floor or ground, the wheels 10 will be caused to turn, and due to their frictional engagement with the discs 15, said discs will also be caused to turn, moving the figures in a rotary manner which will prove highly interesting to the child'playing with the toy.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a highly novel, simple, and amusing toy that may be constructed of relatively inexpensive material and that is not liable to readily become out of order.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a toy of the class described, a base board, supporting axles extending transversely across the bottom of the base board at the respective ends thereof, said axles being substantially rectangular in cross section, the end portions of the axles extending beyond the side edges of the base board, cylindrical pins extending from the ends of the axles, ground engaging wheels mounted on said pins, pins arranged vertically between openings provided in the axles between the side edges of the base board and said ground-engagingwheels and adapted for rotation therein, and figure carrying disks mounted on the upper ends of the vertical pins and adapted to be frictionally in engagement with the peripheral edges of the ground-engaging wheels whereby rotation of the ground-engaging wheels will cause the actuation of the figure-carrying disks.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

BROR F. LARSON. 

